Vanderbilt African American Studies professor Michael Eric Dyson recently used the (mis)pronunciation of VP Kamala Harris’ name to accuse a Republican congresswoman of “racism.”
Dyson, who earlier in the month used the n-word in a speech to a group of Alabama educators, told South Carolina U.S. Representative Nancy Mace she was part of the “legacy of white disregard for the humanity of Black people” for saying “Ka-MA-la” instead of “KA-ma-la.”
In the August 15 CNN segment (video below), Dyson and others on the panel immediately jumped in to correct Mace, who responded “you can call her whatever you want.”